Has anyone else had this problem?
On my laptop, I am currently running 3.4, no problems (runs really fast). When I formatted and upgraded to 4.0, it made it until the end, then locked up at the "preparing for first boot".....
Eventually I had to cold reboot, and it wouldn't load the kernel at subsequent boots. Back to 3.4 and working fine. I burned another set of CDs thinking it was bad media, but with the same results.
Any ideas if this is a bug?
Ryan wrote:
Eventually I had to cold reboot, and it wouldn't load the kernel at subsequent boots. Back to 3.4 and working fine. I burned another set of CDs thinking it was bad media, but with the same results.
When you say won't load the kernel, do you mean GRUB locks up or something of that nature (ie bad install), or the kernel is initially loaded by GRUB, and then locks up part way through the boot procedure?
If it's the latter, Google around for your motherboard/laptop - the new 2.6 kernel may need a "noapic", "noacpi", "acpi=off" or somesuch parameter. Lots of stuff changed down deep in kernel-land.
-te
pasrt of hte issue could be the upgrad install of a ful reinstall from scratch(backup user profiles and such of course)
Troy Engel wrote:
Ryan wrote:
Eventually I had to cold reboot, and it wouldn't load the kernel at subsequent boots. Back to 3.4 and working fine. I burned another set of CDs thinking it was bad media, but with the same results.
When you say won't load the kernel, do you mean GRUB locks up or something of that nature (ie bad install), or the kernel is initially loaded by GRUB, and then locks up part way through the boot procedure?
If it's the latter, Google around for your motherboard/laptop - the new 2.6 kernel may need a "noapic", "noacpi", "acpi=off" or somesuch parameter. Lots of stuff changed down deep in kernel-land.
-te
oh my..i am sorry for the horrid post.
Part of the issue could be the fact you upgraded and did not install from scratch.
William Warren wrote:
pasrt of hte issue could be the upgrad install of a ful reinstall from scratch(backup user profiles and such of course)
Troy Engel wrote:
Ryan wrote:
Eventually I had to cold reboot, and it wouldn't load the kernel at subsequent boots. Back to 3.4 and working fine. I burned another set of CDs thinking it was bad media, but with the same results.
When you say won't load the kernel, do you mean GRUB locks up or something of that nature (ie bad install), or the kernel is initially loaded by GRUB, and then locks up part way through the boot procedure?
If it's the latter, Google around for your motherboard/laptop - the new 2.6 kernel may need a "noapic", "noacpi", "acpi=off" or somesuch parameter. Lots of stuff changed down deep in kernel-land.
-te
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